Still from the film Photo: Loco Films Still from the film Photo: Loco Films Natesh Hegde’s precise, accomplished sophomore feature, Vaghachipani (Tiger’s Pond) presents an unravelling. Seemingly placid surfaces crack, secrets spill and violence erup

Still from the series Photo: Doug Emmett Still from the series Photo: Doug Emmett The titular siblings of Hal Harper are inseparablehawkplay, their co-dependency unmistakable. Hal (Cooper Raiff) is constantly perky and animated, relying a tad too mu

Still from Bokshi Photo: IFFR Still from Bokshi Photo: IFFR A ravaged earth and mythos of female awakening-these forces propel Bhargav Saikia’s capacious, vividly drawn debut, Bokshi. These themes shadow the narrative as we follow high-schooler Anah

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Still from Twinless Photo: Greg Cotten Still from Twinless Photo: Greg Cotten Few films are as fluent, as confidently leaping in emotional tonalities as James Sweeney’s astonishing second feature, Twinless. As one of those films predicated on a slew